Lord Lord how subject we old men are to this vice of lying” – A line written by Shakespeare. Good to see that nearly 500 years later and man has hardly changed! Chris Humphreys, co-publisher of Mwaah, tells us a modern day tale of one man’s struggle to face up to the truth. About 18 months ago, I answered the phone to someone that sounded remarkably like Nigel Havers – plummy, articulate, charming – who asked whether I was available to give his wife some life-coaching sessions. She had ‘by her own admission’, he explained, ‘reached a crossroads in her life’ (unlike Nigel, who has reached a Coronation Street in his).

Mwaah’s man, Chris Humphreys, takes a tongue in cheek look at what he’s recently learnt as a parent, a friend and a man in a woman’s world. FOREST CHUMP My mate Steve is a multi-talented  chap – a 36 year old bachelor  with a boyish air who has the  rare ability to re-invent himself on a whim  and to become very adept at whatever  he chooses to become next. I call him Mr  Benn, after the iconic TV cartoon character  who in each episode would enter a fancy  dress shop, try on a different costume, walk  through the back of the shop…